Andrew Wildman has shared an interesting piece of info on his social media pages. The artists who was associated with the Transformers franchise ever since its inception, is going to draw every singe Transformers Character from the Transformers Marvel Comic Books. The project is hosted by Patreon; a Kickstarter like platform for artists. Titled as “ANDREW WILDMAN IS CREATING TRANSFORMATION”, the project’s tagline is: “From Transformers to Transformation. The journey of an artist committed to making a difference.”. You can find more info from the image after the jump. You can contribute to the project at Patreon.

Next week only brings us one Transformers comic book issue, Transformers #44! Thanks once again to TFW2005 member D-Drive for providing us with the list. TRANSFORMERS #44 (also shipping subscription & 1-in-10 variants) (W) John Barber (A/CA) Andrew Griffith LOVE AND HATE! Two emotions only inches from each other-and TRACKS and NEEDLENOSE have felt them both. On opposite sides of an eons-long war, what happens when they meet again? And what’s ARCEE up to on CYBERTRON?

Not too long Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner stated that the Writers Room for the Transformers Cinematic Universe is going on well. How well? Steven S. DeKnight; one of the writers explains to IGN. “It’s that wonderful thing where features are now taking a page from television and getting people together to really try and plan things out. It was a wonderful experience. Akiva Goldsman was fantastic and Jeff Pinkner, who’s co-writing the fifth [Transformers] movie with him was phenomenal. Zak Penn… It was just a room full of brilliant, funny, amazing people. And we spent two and a » Continue Reading.

We here at TFW2005 would like to wish Mr. Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime and so many others, a very happy birthday! Mr. Cullen turns 74 today. Throughout his successful and still ongoing career, Mr. Cullen has become known to our community as the voice of Optimus Prime, voicing one of the most iconic superheroes in the original Generation 1 cartoon, the live action Transformers films, as well as Transformers Prime and Robots In Disguise (not to mention many other projects as well). He has well over 150 actor credits for the various work he has done » Continue Reading.

Auto Assembly have posted a big announcement today. For their final convention, they are pleased to announced a third voice actor guest! Returning through popular demand and a crowd-funding campaign through the Sharkiest of Sharks page on Facebook, Peter Spellos, the voice of Sky-Byte on the original Robots in Disguise, will be attending the 2015 convention! Peter Spellos will be available throughout the weekend for autograph sessions and as a part of the script reading, as well as a Q&A session. Fans attending the event will also get to meet James Horan, the voice of Wheeljack in Transformers Prime, » Continue Reading.

Hasbro may not be participating for next year’s UK Toy Fair but they’ve made a promise that they will continue to cater the market. Part of that is the annual Transformers UK Roadshow. To promote its new range of Transformers toys and digital app, Hasbro kick-started its UK-wide experiential roadshow last weekend at Sunderland International Air Show. Since it was a movie year, last year’s theme was Transformers: Age Of Extinction. This year’s theme is Transformers: Robots In Disguise. Accessaa UK has this to say: The pop-up trailer, which is branded in line with the new Transformers: Robots in Disguise » Continue Reading.

Thanks to the Hobby Ark Toy Store on Facebook, we have our first look at the collector’s coin for Masterpiece MP-18B Bluestreak. Barring any more delays, we should start to see this one released towards the end of August / early September. Check out the coin after the jump and continue the discussion in our thread linked below.

TakaraTomy Mall has posted a new product page for MP-11T Masterpiece Thundecracker with some official product images. As the numbering implies, this (re)release of Masterpiece Thundercracker is a repaint using the mold of MP11 Starscream with a more animation accurate color scheme compared to the Hasbro version. This listing also indicates the figure will comes with a hologram pilot figure that will fit into the cockpit. The figure is schedule to release during the latter half of November, and you can preorder this on TakaraTomy Mall from August, 3rd to August, 17th for 14,904 yen, limited to 2,000 piece » Continue Reading.

For our friends in Russia, we have a sighting of the Combiner Wars Voyager Class Wave 3 – that’s Cyclonus and Hot Spot! The pair were spotted in a Children’s World store in the shopping center Semenovsky, in Moscow! A thanks to TFW2005 member Sovietbot for bringing this one to our attention.

Thanks to TFW2005 boards member nstanosheck, we’ve just learned of a new variant comic cover for IDW’s Combiner Wars part 4. This issue that is arriving from Hasbro Pulse as an exclusive recreates the cover of Combiner Wars part 1 using the actual toys of Superion and Windblade! You can see this neat cover after the jump and in the discussion thread linked below.

Artist Jose Lopez is sharing more Transformers: Robots In Disguise Concept Art on his Instagram account following the previous reveals of Optimus Prime and Grimlock. This time we have Strongarm, Fixit, Denny, Russel and Bumblebee. Strongarm looks much closer to her final design while Fixit initially had threads instead of wheels to move about. Russel looks somewhat close to his onscreen look but Denny looks quite different than how he turned out to be. As for Bumblebee, Mr. Lopez has this to say: “Bumblebee from Transformers Robots in Disguise. It was really tough concepting a new look for TF » Continue Reading.

Episode 4 of season 2 for the Q-Transformers has been found on YouTube! We’ve provided the short video after the jump for your viewing pleasure. These videos are still in Japanese so keep an eye out for any translation. Continue on after the jump for the video!

We’ve got another gallery of a cool recent release in the Combiner Wars line to share with you. Here today for your enjoyment is a look at the Combiner Wars Rodimus toy. Rodimus is a retooled Combiner Wars Blackjack, sporting a new head, and making full use of that weapon storage as car spoiler feature in vehicle mode. The robot mode is a departure from the traditional design of a Rodimus – while the head is spot-on, there are no flames on this one’s chest (since the hood is the backpack). This might throw off some, particularly those » Continue Reading.

More Robots in Disguise sightings for my brethren in the UK, today! We have a report that the large-scale easy-transforming Super Bumblebee has arrived in the UK. This one is one of the big-ticket items of the Robots in Disguise line, with its main selling points being its size and ease of transformation. It’s been sighted in a Smyths store, by TFW2005 member Prescient. The UK retail price is a staggering £49.99, by all accounts, so big toy, big price.

Via the Transformers Fourth Party Club Weibo, we have a look at the finished product images of the Machine Boy Astrotrain. Their take on Astrotrain – the third one coming to the market this year next to offerings from DX9 and ToyWorld – takes a different approach to the locomotive mode, adding a coal cart which even the character it is based on lacked. In terms of robot mode design, though, it is arguably the closest an unlicensed Astrotrain has come to nailing the look of the original character’s animation model. Check out the new images attached to this » Continue Reading.

Dr. Wu updated their Weibo page to include prototype images of their first full figure Vigorous Mixer. As previously reported, Vigorous Mixer is intended as a full figure replacement for Combiner Wars Devastator team member Mixmaster. So, if you’re looking for a more G1 accurate Mixmaster for your CW Devastator this product might be for you. Check out the attached images and feel free to discuss your thoughts on the boards!

HobbyLink Japan announced the two newest additions to the Prime 1 Studios Movie Masterline series, Age of Extinction Lockdown and Revenge of the Fallen Ironhide via their Facebook page. These pictures come courtesy of the Wonderfest 2015 Summer Event. Lockdown is appropriately deadly looking with a presumptively swappable arm cannon and is accompanied by his faithful companion, Steeljaw. Ironhide is simply MASSIVE and comes armed with his array of weaponry, including his famous cannons. These full-sized statues are extreme high-end collectibles with an astounding amount of detail for a premium price. They are undeniably the definitive representations of these characters for anyone looking » Continue Reading.

We have some great news to report this morning from TFcon. We just received an update for the final donation numbers raised for Make-A-Wish Canada. Here are the details from TFcon: TFcon is very proud to announce that our 2015 charity auction was able to raise $10417.40 for Make-A-Wish® Canada. We are very proud of everyone in our community that contributed to make this amazing feat happen. Make-A-Wish® Canada creates magical moments for children between the ages of 3 and 17, living with life threatening medical conditions, through granting a child’s one true wish. Make-A-Wish® strives to create » Continue Reading.

Wonderfest 2015 Summer event is starting to kick off with a bang with images from 52Toys Weibo page! New images of Takara Tomy’s Masterpiece Tracks, Road Rage, and Ironhide along with United Warriors Devastator, the Diaclone Reboot Dia Battles, and more! Additional images from Prime1 Studios showing of their Age of Extinction Optimus Prime and Galvatron bust as well as Action Toys ES Gokin Fortress Maximus. Special thanks to TFW board members Daimchoc, Type-R, and S250 for providing this new information! Please click the link to check out the additional images and join the discussion on the boards.